With the opening up of the economy and the increasing numbers of multinational companies coming into the country, cultural and attitudinal changes are indeed setting in at a much faster pace in India, even at the workplace.
This is evident from a recent Monster Meter poll, in which 58% of respondents have either had office romances in the past or have expressed their willingness or openness to have one.
The Monster Meter, a product of Monster India, part of the leading global online careers and recruitment site Monster, the flagship brand of Monster Worldwide, Inc., is an ongoing series of online polls that gauge users’ opinions on a variety of topics relating to careers and the workplace.
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The scene at India Inc is changing. Romance is in the air and employees are dating each other like never before.
According to a latest survey by MonsterIndia.com, part of the global online careers and recruitment site Monster Worldwide, nearly 58 per cent of 12,191 respondents admitted to either having indulged in or were open to office romance.
While 42 per cent thought the idea was `inappropriate,' about 25 per cent admitted to have had a relationship with a colleague, 23 per cent didn't mind indulging in office romance and 10 per cent said they were currently having `one'.
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But a California court ruling just broadened the rules to include "sexual favoritism." That means that employees can sue if other employees are having sex with the boss and getting preferential treatment. Could this spell the end of all office romance?
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